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Microcline (Var: Amazonite), Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)

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A pristine, showy and beautiful plate of lustrous robins-egg blue amazonite crystals to 1.3 cm and lustrous, translucent smoky quartz crystals to 1.2 cm from recent activity at the Take 5 Claim, Teller Co., Colorado. 9.8 x 6.8 x 3.5 cm

Product details

SpeciesAmazonite, Quartz, Smoky quartz, Microcline
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions9.8 x 6.8 x 3.5 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityUSA, Colorado, Smoky Hawk claim

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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Amazonite
Mineral guide
Learn about Amazonite
vivid blue-green microcline with checkerboard twinning and color; prized in smoky quartz and albite matrices, with Colorado and Urals localities.
Amazonite
Regional guide
Amazonite from Smoky Hawk Claim, Colorado, USA
Smoky Hawk Claim amazonite — saturated blue-green microcline crystals with smoky quartz in pegmatite pockets; a prized Colorado locality for striking specimens.